Francis v. State

Smith, Judge.

In this forfeiture case, Excelman Francis and Sylvia Samuel appeal from the trial court’s rulings dismissing their claims to seized property and granting judgment of forfeiture.

Officers from the Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force were notified by customs officials that a package containing cocaine was shipped from the U. S. Virgin Islands to the address at which Francis and-Samuel resided. The officers obtained a search warrant and made a controlled delivery of the package. Francis accepted the package and was arrested. A search of the apartment produced 8.6 grams of marijuana in…